Iran fired Qadr, Emad, Kheibar Shekan, and Zolfaqar missiles in response to US aggression

Narrative of the incident: In the published coverage, it was reported that Kheibar Shekan, Ghadr, Emad, and Zolfaghar missiles were launched in response to the “US military aggression” or the “aggression of the terrorist and child-killing US military.” The report was attributed to the pre-dawn hours and this morning, and was published in the form of images. In all headlines, the core event is the same, but differences can be seen in the description of the other side and the tone of the wording.

• ISNA, Fars, Jamaran, Etemad, IRIB News, Khabar-e فوری, and Akhbar-e فوری all reported the launch of Ghadr, Emad, Kheibar Shekan, and Zolfaghar missiles.
• In six of the reports, these launches were described as being “in response to the aggression of the terrorist and child-killing US military.”
• The Shargh newspaper reflected the same event with the phrase “in response to the aggression of the US military” and did not use the terms “terrorist and child-killing.”
• ISNA described the timing of the event as “pre-dawn hours and this morning.”
• Fars wrote the timing as “this morning” and did not mention pre-dawn.
• Jamaran also described the timing as “pre-dawn hours and this morning.”
• Etemad, IRIB News, and Akhbar-e فوری recorded the same combination, “pre-dawn hours and this morning,” in their headlines.
• Khabar-e فوری also covered the launch of these missiles in response to the same event and with the same four missile names.
• In Akhbar-e فوری’s coverage, the marker “Link” appears at the end of the headline, but the content of the report is the same pictorial account of the missile launches.
• All sources highlighted this news in image or video form, and the headlines provided no details about the outcome of the launches, the exact location, or casualties.
• The main difference among the reports is in how the US is described and the intensity of the language used, not in the core news of the missile launches.. Difference in coverage: Most aligned media outlets republished the news with the same expression of “response to aggression” and added harsher descriptions of the US, while the Shargh newspaper reported the same event in more neutral language and without those added descriptions. Another difference is in the stated timing; some sources mentioned only “this morning,” while others recorded “pre-dawn hours and this morning.”